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All Things Spooky — Smashing Magazine

Whether or not you celebrate Halloween, there is something magical about that special spooky day, surrounded by mystery, horror, scare and trick-or-treat candies for kids and adults alike. The modern-day spirit of Halloween shines through in its tradition; everyone can dress up like a monster, superhero, or nearly anything else. It allows our imagination to unfold and lets us be whatever we want to be — for that one very special day (and night).

In this post, we celebrate the creative side of Halloween with those of you who are also planning to celebrate with friends. The post features artists around the world who have been creating wonderful illustrations dedicated to Halloween. Even if you aren’t a big fan of Halloween, we can almost guarantee that you’ll decide to celebrate by the end of this post. Don’t believe us? Well, let’s see!

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Dressing Up

Here’s a wonderful digital illustration that was created by Hyoju Park. She used the Procreate app on her iPad Pro to bring these two sweet cats to life, along with their not-so-amused pumpkin.

Voodoo Dolls Series (Pt. 1)

Some folks like to challenge themselves. Sylvian Drolet is one of them. This little voodoo doll is just one of the terrific characters that came to life while he worked on The Voodoo Doll Series. His aim was to reunite well-known characters, superheroes or famous people all into one illustration style. We only have one thing to say: Mission accomplished!

Halloween Kids

This illustration was done for a kids’ magazine called “Galeb” (Seagull). The Slovenian artist, Marko Rop, focuses mostly on children’s book illustrations, and this one was his first Halloween-themed piece of art done with the help of his Wacom Intuos tablet. Brilliant work!

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The Friendly Witch

The colors and texture on this witch are spot on, wouldn’t you agree? Although we think that she looks a bit too kind for Halloween, you never know, she may already be planning which spell to use next!

Halloween Skater

As Loreta Isac is a fan of longboards herself, she decided to combine one with a pumpkin, a shoe, and a bone in one illustration. Simple objects with beautiful simplicity and a brilliant combination of colors.

Let It Rain Candies

Let’s be honest: If these seven adorable children showed up at your door on Halloween, you’d probably give them all the sweets they asked you for. An impressive use of colors in this illustration, with love for detail. This piece was created by Junissa Bianda for the 2016 Halloween Tr!ckster showcase.

Kids Halloween Characters & Elements

The main accent colors of this illustration are blue, violet and orange. They perfectly convey the spirit of Halloween, don’t they? Daria Danilova recently created these characters for Halloween, along with patterns and templates for greeting cards.

Dressing Up The Olson “O”

Ever considered dressing up letters for Halloween? Well, Tyler Genovese did, and he did it quite well. These illustrations of the Olson “O” are all vector illustrations made in Adobe Illustrator. Spooooo-ky!

Boo

Here’s a lovely variety of ghost characters that could be used as stickers or as a pattern for a wallpaper or even a T-shirt. Definitely some inspiring choices of shapes and lines in this creative illustration.

Social Zombies

Zombie /ˈzɒmbi/ (n.): A person who is or appears lifeless, apathetic, or completely unresponsive to their surroundings. This meaning of a zombie clearly explains this amusing illustration. As Chris Fernandez, the artist, states: “Dead or alive, you gotta collect dem likes!”

Halloween Icons

Happy Halloween Icon Set

Halloween is just around the corner, and it’s time to add a few scary and fun icons to your projects. Here’s a set of 19 icons that are all available in AI, EPS, PDF, SVG and PNG formats. It was designed and created by Manuela Langella and is free to be used in private as well as commercial projects.

40 Vector Halloween Icons

40 Halloween-themed vector icons which you can use for your next design. Included are AI, PSD (smart objects), EPS and PNG (2000×2000px) files. Perfect for fashion patches, pins, stickers, badges, temporary tattoos, and almost anything else.

Cartoon-Inspired Halloween Icon Set

This special Halloween icon set was inspired by classic cartoons. The icons come as transparent PNGs in five sizes: from 32×32, 48×48, 64×64, 128×128 up to 512×512 pixels. Spice up your website or application with a spooky Halloween atmosphere.